IT and Informatics for Health and Well-being

Measurements in dermatology are still largely performed manually. This can introduce errors and subjective bias, and is often prohibitively time consuming. Modern computer vision techniques can be used to perform the same measurements objectively and (more) reproducibly, while dramatically cutting time and costs.

In our aging society the costs for healthcare is skyrocketing. In this scenario, however, ICT may provide the mean both to introduce a new, holistic dimension unifying the concept of reactive healthcare with the one of proactive well-being, and to guarantee an economy of scale. In fact, maintaining healthy life styles from young age may reduce the costsinvolved in care for the elderlies.

Our research activities focus on the problems related to memory disfunctions that are typical of the elderlies.

Brain-Machine Interfaces and Human-Machine Interfaces based on Neuromusculoskeletal models are the two major research topics on Neurorobotics. In particular, the research group focuses on developing new wearable devices to acquire, process and classify neuro-signals to control assistive robots for disable users. with the goal of improving the current neuro-motor rehabilitation processes.